White people have been treated like Black people by the police for a WEEK and suddenly every state is pondering defunding cops.
This is what it takes every damn time.
In Palestine, first thing we do under fire is identify the type of weapons israeli cops/soldiers are holding. This defines your strategy for resisting + trying to be safe. Here’s a thread on identifying weaponry for those out there fighting across Turtle Island♥️
NEW: @BBCNews has learnt Professor Kevin Fenton did *not* "lead" Public Health England's review into the impact of covid-19 on ethnic minority groups as widely publicised last month. @PHE_uk has now described his role as a "contribution". Full report coming up soon on @BBCRadio4
UK abolished slavery in 1833 by agreeing to pay slave owners for "loss of property" a sum of £20m (£300bn today), a transferral of wealth from taxpayers to slave owners so huge the debts incurred were only paid off in 2015. Almost all UK taxpayers have contributed to this bill.
Thread on the horrible racist abuse suffered by two black girls by boys, 2 were Muslim, and then covered up by the school @TheGSAL they attended.
https://t.co/2K8iNGisbn
@hasanminhaj highlights the racism towrds blacks in the Asian community
The same institution that claimed our little sister Shukri Abdi’s MURDER was a ‘tragic accident’?
Nah keep your performative statement to yourselves, you HYPOCRITES. We don’t want to hear it.
#JusticeForShukriAbdi
What’s the need for a UK #BlackLivesMatter movement? There isn’t any racism, institutional bias or oppression in the UK? Just bandwagonning? An excuse to make noise and go outdoors?
A thread.
#BlackLivesMatterUK
Today I heard @JohnBoyega say “I’m speaking from my heart, I probably won’t have a career after this but fuck it, it doesn’t matter.” The truth is whether you’re black or White, people who regular speak out are passed over because we are noisy. Not passive enough (2/10)
This is David McAtee.
He owned YaYa’s BBQ in Louisville, KY. He was in the barbecue business for 30 yrs and aspired to open up a brick & mortar restaurant. He fed cops who came by for free.
He was shot and killed by police today. His life mattered. #BreonnaTaylor#DavidMcAtee
A reminder of where rubber bullets came from. The British army developed them in 1970 for use in Northern Ireland. They are not non-lethal. They (and the similar plastic bullets) killed at least 17 people, including eight children, in Northern Ireland over the years.